Noddy vs. Tern — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Noddy and Tern
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Noddy
A dunce or fool; a simpleton.
Tern
Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands. Terns are treated as a subgroup of the family Laridae which includes gulls and skimmers and consists of eleven genera.
Noddy
Any of several terns of the genera Anous and Procelsterna, found in tropical waters and usually having dark brown or black plumage with a white or gray head.
Tern
Any of various seabirds primarily of the genus Sterna found worldwide, typically smaller than a gull and having a forked tail.
Noddy
A stupid or silly person.
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Tern
(Games) A set of three, especially a combination of three numbers that wins a lottery.
Noddy
Any of several stout-bodied, gregarious terns of the genera Anous and Procelsterna, found in tropical seas.
Tern
A three-masted schooner.
Noddy
(dated) A small two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a single horse.
Tern
Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sternidae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.
Noddy
An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
Tern
A thing with three components; a set of three things.
Noddy
An old card game.
Tern
A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.
Noddy
(television) A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nodding, used to cover an editing gap in an interview.
Noddies are often filmed after the interview in question has finished.
Tern
Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple.
Tern flowers; tern leaves
A tern schooner, one with three masts
Noddy
A simpleton; a fool.
Tern
Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera.
Noddy
Any tern of the genus Anous, as Anous stolidus.
Tern
That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves.
She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery.
Noddy
An old game at cards.
Tern
Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.
Noddy
A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.
Tern
Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
Noddy
An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; - used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
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